Crude Oil Revenue Increases by N91bn in June – FG
The marginal rise in crude oil production in June 2024 increased Nigeria’s earnings from crude oil sales by about N91bn in the same month.
Latest oil production data obtained from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, an agency of the Federal Government, indicated that Nigeria’s oil production rose from 1,251,494 barrels per day in May to 1,276,159 barrels per day in June, representing an increase of 24,665 barrels daily.
This implies that the country pumped an additional 739,950 barrels of crude oil in 30 days in June.
The average price of Brent, the global benchmark for crude, was $82.25/barrel in June 2024, according to data from countryeconomy.com, an international analytical firm.
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Also, the average exchange rate of the United States dollar in June, according to exchangerates.org, was N1,489.88/$.
Therefore by increasing oil production by 739,950 in 30 days, Nigeria’s earnings rose by $60.86m, an equivalent of N90.67bn in the review month.
Further analysis of NUPRC’s data showed how the country’s crude oil production fluctuated in the first half of 2024.
Nigeria produced 1,426,574 barrels of crude oil daily in January, but this dropped to 1,322,208 barrels per day in February and further declined to 1,230,518 barrels in March.
The downward trend was halted in April as the country produced 1,281,478 barrels of crude per day in that month. This was, however, not sustained as crude oil output from Nigeria dropped to 1,251,494 in May, before rising marginally to 1,276,159 in June.
The low crude oil production from Nigeria has remained a source of worry for operators in the oil sector.
